Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, Kavinder Gupta on Thursday resigned from the post of Lt. Governor of Ladakh. His resignation has come just about nine months after assuming office as the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Ladakh. Gupta had taken the oath of LG on 18 July last year.
Sources said that the BJP high command might assign him some important assignment in the party setup during the assembly polls in West Bengal.
His tenure as the LG witnessed rising unrest in the region, where civil society groups and organisations such as the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance were protesting for statehood, Sixth Schedule protections, and job reservations for locals.
During his tenure, Ladakh saw heightened protests in which four youths lost their lives in police firing in September 2025.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Gupta on mobile phone remained futile.